Also: Women Are Making Music Fest returns to Troy on Sept. 20 • RPI football douses WPI in QB Micah Balzarini’s first collegiate start
Sunday, September 6, 2026
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Good morning!Check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Nicholas Buonanno, Regional Assistant Managing Editor.
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Three mothers called for banning kratom products at the Rensselaer County Legislature’s public forum on Wednesday, advocating for their sons after they said kratom consumption led to their deaths.
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WAMM Fest, the women-led music festival celebrating the Capital Region’s local talent, is returning for its second year on Sept. 20. The festival will run from noon to 8 pm.
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TROY, N.Y. — Junior quarterback Micah Balzarini of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Engineers’ football team did not have to throw the ball much in the 2026 season opener against Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the annual Transit Trophy Game on Saturday at ECAV Stadium. But when he did sling the pigskin in his first collegiate […]
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TROY, N.Y. — RPI defeated WPI, 35-7, to win the Transit Trophy Game, on Saturday, at ECAV Stadium.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — BANKROLL: $1,062.95 Seeing jockeys interact with kids at Saratoga is good for the soul. In a sport that doesn’t do as much as it should to attract new fans and keep them coming back, it’s outstanding to see world-class athletes give boys, girls, and their families meaningful moments. Several years ago, there were rumors that the NYRA upper brass wanted to build a “jockey house” of sorts atop the Saratoga paddock, similar to the structure that exists at Santa Anita Park in California. Like several other rumors from this time period that had varying degrees of […]
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The discussion of Flock Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) cameras made its way back to the Saratoga Springs City Council meeting this past week, with some residents expressing that they don’t want the city to renew its contract with the company.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — An old saying not heard much anymore, if at all, is that the winner of the Hopeful Stakes (G1) automatically becomes the favorite for the following year’s Kentucky Derby. A number of Hopeful winners have distinguished themselves in their subsequent careers, and 14 of those winners over the past half-century have made it into the Derby starting gate. But no horse has fashioned a Hopeful/Kentucky Derby double since Affirmed accomplished the feat 48 years ago by winning the 1978 Derby en route to a Triple Crown. Affirmed was actually the third Hopeful winner in just six […]
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“Everybody wondered where you were,” my husband mused as he moved around the kitchen. Taking laps from the stove to the refrigerator and then to the sink. It was nearly the lunch hour on a recent Saturday, and I had just walked in the door.
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Albany Med Health System President and CEO Daniel T. Pickett III announced the appointment of Andrew DeVoe as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 5, 2026.
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